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If Larry Flynt has his way, Casey Anthony could reintroduce herself -- nude -- to America on the pages of Hustler magazine, and make well over $500,000 in the process.

The last edition of the News of the World hit stands Sunday morning, as Britain's best-selling newspaper shuts down in the face of a scandal over illegal eavesdropping and bribery.

Closing Britain's highest-selling newspaper, the 168-year-old News of the World, with just three days' notice in the wake of its phone-hacking scandal may feel like a nuclear option. In practice, it makes perfect commercial sense for Rupert Mudoch's News Corporation.

The News of the World, the British tabloid newspaper beset with a widening phone-hacking scandal, will shut down as result of the imbroglio, a top executive of its parent company said Thursday. The News, a feisty, hugely profitable daily that has been continuously published for 168 years, will cease publishing on Sunday, said James Murdoch, the son of media baron Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. owns the newspaper.

Many newspapers are scaling back staff and trying to turn to other sources of revenue, but one Sacramento newspaper is expanding its business by tapping into an unconventional advertising source.

When Brown claimed in November that the Beast was not “money-losing” but “on course to make money,” I suggested that claim be regarded with skepticism. When she claimed last week that Newsweek remains one of the world’s seven most influential news brands, I pointed to data showing otherwise. And, once again, a few grains of salt are required here.

Globe and Mail journalists won five National Newspaper Awards for 2010. The Globe was also on the short list of finalists for six other awards. Here are the stories behind the stories: how they went to great lengths to get the facts and visuals for the stories and displays that were recognized for their excellence.

Magazine publishers are making plans to be part of, rather than run over by, the digital revolution.

The New York Times won two Pulitzer Prizes for commentary and foreign reporting in 2010, while The Los Angeles Times received the coveted public service Pulitzer.

Sidney Harman, the stereo magnate who shocked the media world when he bought Newsweek magazine for $1, died on Tuesday from complications of acute myeloid leukemia, his family said.